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Spedicato A, Zeppilli D, Thouzeau G, Cuny P, Militon C, Sylvi L, Hubas C, Dirberg G, Jézéquel R, Barrière G, Michel LN, Bezerra TN, Michaud E. Deciphering environmental forcings in the distribution of meiofauna and nematodes in mangroves of the Atlantic-Caribbean-East Pacific and Indo-West Pacific regions. Sci Total Environ 2024; 930:172612. [PMID: 38663602 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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Mangroves develop under environmental conditions and anthropogenic pressures whose impact on benthic meiofauna remains poorly understood. It is unclear how meiofauna communities are structured according to local sedimentary conditions. This study was designed to characterize the community structure of meiofauna and nematodes (dominant taxa) and the associated environmental forcings in intertidal mangrove sediments from Mayotte (Indo-West-Pacific), Martinique and Guadeloupe (Caribbean). Sediment cores were sampled at the end of the dry season at low tide on adult mangrove stands with similar immersion time. In each sediment layer, we analyzed redox potential, pH, porewater salinity, grain size, organic matter, metals, organic contaminants, prokaryotes and meiofauna. Our results show that sediments far from cities and agricultural fields trapped site-specific contaminants due to local water transport processes. Some metals, PAHs or pesticides exceeded toxicity thresholds in most of the studied stations, thus being harmful to benthic fauna. The sedimentary environment acts as a filter selecting specific meiofauna communities at station scale only in the Caribbean. In Mayotte, horizontal homogeneity contrasts with vertical heterogeneity of the sedimentary environment and the meiofauna. Nematode genera showed particular distribution patterns horizontally and vertically, suggesting the presence of sediment patches suitable for a restricted pool of genera on each island. Results in the Caribbean are consistent with nested diversity patterns due to environmental filtering. Conversely, horizontal homogeneity at Mayotte would reflect greater dispersal between stations or more spatially homogeneous anthropogenic pressures. The nematode genera present at depth may not be the most specialized, but the most versatile, capable of thriving in different conditions. Terschellingia and Daptonema showed contrasted responses to environmental forcing, likely due to their versatility, while Desmodora showed uniform responses between study areas, except when toxicity thresholds were exceeded. Our results emphasize that a given genus of nematode may respond differently to sedimentary conditions depending on sites.
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- Adriana Spedicato
- Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR - UMR 6539, F-29280 Plouzané, France.
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- Univ Brest, Ifremer, Biologie et Ecologie des Ecosystèmes marins Profonds, F-29280 Plouzané, France.
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- Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR - UMR 6539, F-29280 Plouzané, France.
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- Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, 13288 Marseille, France.
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- Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, 13288 Marseille, France.
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- Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, 13288 Marseille, France.
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- Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (UMR 8067 BOREA) Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, IRD, UCN, UA, Station Marine de Concarneau, 29900 Concarneau, France.
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- Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (UMR 8067 BOREA) Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, IRD, UCN, UA, Station Marine de Concarneau, 29900 Concarneau, France
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- CEDRE, 715 rue Alain Colas, 29218 Brest Cedex 2, France.
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- Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR - UMR 6539, F-29280 Plouzané, France.
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- Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR - UMR 6539, F-29280 Plouzané, France.
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Mahé K, Baudrier J, Larivain A, Telliez S, Elleboode R, Bultel E, Pawlowski L. Morphometric Relationships between Length and Weight of 109 Fish Species in the Caribbean Sea (French West Indies). Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:3852. [PMID: 38136889 PMCID: PMC10740606 DOI: 10.3390/ani13243852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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In total, 109 fish species (24,996 individuals) were sampled around Guadeloupe and Martinique Islands from October 2021 to September 2022 to estimate the morphometric relationships between total length and weight (Length Weight Relationship: LWR) of each fish species according to potential spatial, temporal and sex differences. Of these species, this is the first time that the LWR was estimated in the Atlantic Ocean for 16 species. There is a significant relationship between length and weight for all tested species. For 83 tested species, the sex effect on the LWR showed significant sexual dimorphism for 24 species. Additionally, a link between the temporal effect and the reproduction period was tested for 68 species, of which 35 presented significant differences relative to the annual quarter of sampling. Finally, the geographical effect (i.e., the difference between samples from around Guadeloupe Island and those from Martinique Island) was significant for 60 species. This island effect was significant for 25 species.
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- Kélig Mahé
- IFREMER, Unité HMMN, 150 quai Gambetta, BP 699, 62321 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France; (S.T.); (R.E.)
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- IFREMER, Délégation pour les Antilles, Station de Martinique, Unité Biodivenv, 97231 Le Robert, France;
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- IFREMER, UMR DECOD, LTBH, 56100 Lorient, France; (A.L.); (L.P.)
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- IFREMER, Unité HMMN, 150 quai Gambetta, BP 699, 62321 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France; (S.T.); (R.E.)
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- IFREMER, Unité HMMN, 150 quai Gambetta, BP 699, 62321 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France; (S.T.); (R.E.)
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Thesnor V, Molinié R, Giebelhaus RT, de la Mata Espinosa AP, Harynuk JJ, Bénimélis D, Vanhoye B, Dunyach-Rémy C, Sylvestre M, Cheremond Y, Meffre P, Cebrián-Torrejón G, Benfodda Z. Antibacterial Activity and Untargeted Metabolomics Profiling of Acalypha arvensis Poepp. Molecules 2023; 28:7882. [PMID: 38067611 PMCID: PMC10708339 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28237882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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The search for potent antimicrobial compounds is critical in the face of growing antibiotic resistance. This study explores Acalypha arvensis Poepp. (A. arvensis), a Caribbean plant traditionally used for disease treatment. The dried plant powder was subjected to successive extractions using different solvents: hexane (F1), dichloromethane (F2), methanol (F3), a 50:50 mixture of methanol and water (F4), and water (F5). Additionally, a parallel extraction was conducted using a 50:50 mixture of methanol and chloroform (F6). All the fractions were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity, and the F6 fraction was characterized using untargeted metabolomics using SPME-GC×GC-TOFMS. The extracts of A. arvensis F3, F4, and F5 showed antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 (5 mg/mL), MRSA BA22038 (5 mg/mL), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 (10 mg/mL), and fraction F6 showed antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213 (2 mg/mL), Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 (20 mg/mL), Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 (10 mg/mL), Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212 (10 mg/mL), Staphylococcus aureus 024 (2 mg/mL), and Staphylococcus aureus 003 (2 mg/mL). Metabolomic analysis of F6 revealed 2861 peaks with 58 identified compounds through SPME and 3654 peaks with 29 identified compounds through derivatization. The compounds included methyl ester fatty acids, ethyl ester fatty acids, terpenes, ketones, sugars, amino acids, and fatty acids. This study represents the first exploration of A. arvensis metabolomics and its antimicrobial potential, providing valuable insights for plant classification, phytochemical research, and drug discovery.
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- Valendy Thesnor
- UPR Chrome, University Nimes, CEDEX 1, 30021 Nîmes, France; (V.T.); (D.B.); (P.M.)
- COVACHIM-M2E Laboratory EA 3592, Department of Chemistry, UFR SEN, Fouillole Campus, University of Antilles, CEDEX, 97110 Pointe-à-Pitre, France;
- URE, Université d’État d’Haïti, Port-au-Prince HT6110, Haiti;
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- UMR INRAE 1158 Transfrontalière BioEcoAgro, BIOlogie des Plantes et Innovation (BIOPI), UPJV, UFR de Pharmacie, 80037 Amiens, France; (R.M.); (B.V.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2N4, Canada; (R.T.G.); (A.P.d.l.M.E.); (J.J.H.)
- The Metabolomics Innovation Centre, Edmonton, AB T6G 2N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2N4, Canada; (R.T.G.); (A.P.d.l.M.E.); (J.J.H.)
- The Metabolomics Innovation Centre, Edmonton, AB T6G 2N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2N4, Canada; (R.T.G.); (A.P.d.l.M.E.); (J.J.H.)
- The Metabolomics Innovation Centre, Edmonton, AB T6G 2N4, Canada
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- UPR Chrome, University Nimes, CEDEX 1, 30021 Nîmes, France; (V.T.); (D.B.); (P.M.)
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- UMR INRAE 1158 Transfrontalière BioEcoAgro, BIOlogie des Plantes et Innovation (BIOPI), UPJV, UFR de Pharmacie, 80037 Amiens, France; (R.M.); (B.V.)
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- COVACHIM-M2E Laboratory EA 3592, Department of Chemistry, UFR SEN, Fouillole Campus, University of Antilles, CEDEX, 97110 Pointe-à-Pitre, France;
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- URE, Université d’État d’Haïti, Port-au-Prince HT6110, Haiti;
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- UPR Chrome, University Nimes, CEDEX 1, 30021 Nîmes, France; (V.T.); (D.B.); (P.M.)
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- COVACHIM-M2E Laboratory EA 3592, Department of Chemistry, UFR SEN, Fouillole Campus, University of Antilles, CEDEX, 97110 Pointe-à-Pitre, France;
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- UPR Chrome, University Nimes, CEDEX 1, 30021 Nîmes, France; (V.T.); (D.B.); (P.M.)
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Garcia--Van Smévoorde M, Piorkowski G, Emboulé L, Dos Santos G, Loraux C, Guyomard-Rabenirina S, Joannes MO, Fagour L, Najioullah F, Cabié A, de Lamballerie X, Vega-Rúa A, Césaire R, Calvez E. Phylogenetic Investigations of Dengue 2019-2021 Outbreak in Guadeloupe and Martinique Caribbean Islands. Pathogens 2023; 12:1182. [PMID: 37764990 PMCID: PMC10534936 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12091182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Dengue fever has been a public health problem in the Caribbean region since 1981, when it first reappeared in Cuba. In 1989, it was reported in Martinique and Guadeloupe (two French islands 200 km apart); since then, DENV has caused several epidemics locally. In 2019-2021, DENV-1, DENV-2, and DENV-3 were detected. Serotype distribution was differentiated, with DENV-2 and DENV-3 predominating in Guadeloupe and Martinique, respectively. Complete genome sequencing was carried out on 32 specimens, and phylogenic analysis identified the circulation of genotype V for DENV-1, cosmopolitan genotype for DENV-2, and genotype III for DENV-3. However, two distinct circulating groups were identified for DENV-1 and DENV-3, suggesting independent introductions. Overall, despite the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated travel restrictions, these results confirm the active circulation of DENV and specific epidemiological features on each of the two islands. Such differences may be linked to the founder effect of the various introduction events, and to local factors such as the population immunity and the transmission capacity of the vectors. Further genomic and epidemiological characterization of DENV strains remains essential to understand how dengue spreads in each specific geographical context and to prevent future epidemics.
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- Margot Garcia--Van Smévoorde
- Vector Control Research Laboratory, Transmission Reservoir and Pathogens Diversity Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Les Abymes 97139, Guadeloupe;
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- Unité des Virus Emergents (UVE), Aix-Marseille Univ-IRD 190-Inserm 1207, 13005 Marseille, France; (G.P.); (X.d.L.)
- National Reference Center for Arboviruses, National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), 13005 Marseille, France
- French Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute (IRBA), 91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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- Molecular Genetics and Inherited Red Blood Cell Diseases Laboratory, University Hospitals of Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre 97159, Guadeloupe;
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- Department of Virology, University Hospitals of Martinique, Fort-de-France, 97200 Martinique, France; (G.D.S.); (L.F.)
- Pathogenesis and Controle of Chronic and Emerging Infections, French National Blood Service (EFS), National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), University of Montpellier, 34000 Montpellier, France; (A.C.); (R.C.)
- University of Antilles, Pointe-à-Pitre 97110, Guadeloupe
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- Department of Virology, University Hospitals of Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre 97159, Guadeloupe;
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- Microbial Ecosystems Interaction Laboratory, Transmission Reservoir and Pathogens Diversity Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Les Abymes 97139, Guadeloupe;
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- Department of Hematology Immunology Histocompatibility, University Hospitals of Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre 97159, Guadeloupe;
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- Department of Virology, University Hospitals of Martinique, Fort-de-France, 97200 Martinique, France; (G.D.S.); (L.F.)
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- Department of Clinical Research and Innovation, University Hospitals of Martinique, Fort-de-France, 97200 Martinique, France;
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- Pathogenesis and Controle of Chronic and Emerging Infections, French National Blood Service (EFS), National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), University of Montpellier, 34000 Montpellier, France; (A.C.); (R.C.)
- University of Antilles, Pointe-à-Pitre 97110, Guadeloupe
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University Hospitals of Martinique, Fort-de-France, 97200 Martinique, France
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- Unité des Virus Emergents (UVE), Aix-Marseille Univ-IRD 190-Inserm 1207, 13005 Marseille, France; (G.P.); (X.d.L.)
- National Reference Center for Arboviruses, National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), 13005 Marseille, France
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- Vector Control Research Laboratory, Transmission Reservoir and Pathogens Diversity Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Les Abymes 97139, Guadeloupe;
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- Pathogenesis and Controle of Chronic and Emerging Infections, French National Blood Service (EFS), National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), University of Montpellier, 34000 Montpellier, France; (A.C.); (R.C.)
- University of Antilles, Pointe-à-Pitre 97110, Guadeloupe
- Department of Virology, University Hospitals of Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre 97159, Guadeloupe;
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- Vector Control Research Laboratory, Transmission Reservoir and Pathogens Diversity Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Les Abymes 97139, Guadeloupe;
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Gamiette G, Ferdinand S, Couvin D, Dard C, Talarmin A. The recent introduction of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and its intermediate host Achatina fulica into Guadeloupe detected by phylogenetic analyses. Parasit Vectors 2023; 16:276. [PMID: 37563598 PMCID: PMC10416417 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-023-05872-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) is the main pathogen responsible for eosinophilic meningitis in humans. One of its intermediate snail hosts, Achatina fulica, was already present in many countries around the world before it appeared in the West Indies in the late 1980s. In the French territories in the Caribbean and northern South America, the first cases of human neuroangiostrongyliasis were reported in Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana in 2002, 2013 and 2017, respectively. In order to better characterize angiostrongyliasis in Guadeloupe, particularly its geographical origin and route of introduction, we undertook molecular characterization of adult worms of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and its intermediate host Achatina fulica. METHODS Genomic DNA of adult Angiostrongylus cantonensis and Achatina fulica was extracted and amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting the mitochondrial genes cytochrome B and C for A. cantonensis and 16S ribosomal RNA for A. fulica. The PCR products were sequenced and studied by phylogenetic analysis. RESULTS Cytochrome B and cytochrome C molecular markers indicate a monophyletic lineage of A. cantonensis adult worms in Guadeloupe. Two sequences of A. fulica were identified. CONCLUSIONS These results confirm the recent introduction of both Angiostrongylus cantonensis and Achatina fulica into Guadeloupe. Achatina fulica in Guadeloupe shares a common origin with those in Barbados and New Caledonia, while Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Guadeloupe shares a common origin with those in Brazil, Hawaii and Japan.
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- Gelixa Gamiette
- Réservoir et Diversité des Pathogènes, Unité Transmission, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, France.
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- Réservoir et Diversité des Pathogènes, Unité Transmission, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- Réservoir et Diversité des Pathogènes, Unité Transmission, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Team Host-Pathogen Interactions and Immunity to Infection, INSERM U1209-CNRS UMR5309, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Réservoir et Diversité des Pathogènes, Unité Transmission, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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Simo-Tabue N, Boucaud-Maitre D, Letchimy L, Guilhem-Decleon J, Helene-Pelage J, Duval GT, Tabue-Teguo M. Correlates of Undernutrition in Older People in Guadeloupe (French West Indies): Results from the KASADS Study. Nutrients 2023; 15:2950. [PMID: 37447276 DOI: 10.3390/nu15132950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Objectives: This study aimed to determine the risk factors for undernutrition in community-dwelling older adults in Guadeloupe (Caribbean islands). Methods: We used data from the KArukera Study of Aging-Drugs Storage (KASADS), an observational cross-sectional study of community-dwelling older people living in Guadeloupe. The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) was used to assess the risk of undernutrition. An MNA-short form (SF) score ≤11 defined the risk of undernutrition. Depression was assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale, cognitive function was assessed using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), frailty was assessed using the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures index (SOF), and dependency was assessed using Lawton's instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) scale. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to determine the correlates of undernutrition. Results: The study sample comprised 115 patients aged 65 years or older; 67.8% were women, and the mean age was 76 ± 7.8 years. The prevalence of undernutrition was 21.7% (95% CI = 15.2-30.1%). In our bivariate analysis, the risk of undernutrition was associated with MMSE score, IADL score, frailty, and CES-D score. We found no significant relation between nutrition risk and other variables, such as marital status, pain, or polypharmacy. In the multivariate analysis, the factors associated with the risk of undernutrition were MMSE score (Odd-Ratio (OR): 0.74 (0.58-0.97)) and CES-D score (OR: 1.13 (1.02-1.27)). Conclusions: Cognitive decline and the risk of depression were independently associated with the risk of undernutrition in community-dwelling older people in Guadeloupe. Although we cannot imply causality in this relation, the detection of these three key geriatric syndromes in community-dwelling elders is essential to prevent adverse health outcomes. Further studies are warranted to confirm these findings.
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- Nadine Simo-Tabue
- Pôle Gériatrie-Gérontologie, CHU de Martinique, 97261 Fort-de-France, France
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- Pôle Gériatrie-Gérontologie, CHU de Martinique, 97261 Fort-de-France, France
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Angers University, CHU de Guadeloupe, 97110 Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Angers University, CHU de Guadeloupe, 97110 Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- Department of Geriatric, FWI University, CHU d'Angers, 49100 Angers, France
- Equipe EpiCliV, Université des Antilles, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Pôle Gériatrie-Gérontologie, CHU de Martinique, 97261 Fort-de-France, France
- Equipe EpiCliV, Université des Antilles, 34095 Montpellier, France
- Equipe ACTIVE, INSERM 1219, Université de Bordeaux, 33600 Pessac, France
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Basileu Zozio T, Supiot V. [Private geriatrics: an experience in Guadeloupe]. Soins Gerontol 2023; 28:33-35. [PMID: 36870761 DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2023.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Although geriatric medicine is now commonplace in university hospitals, it is less common in private practice. In Guadeloupe, a geriatric medicine service operating as a weekday hospital has been created in a polyclinic to support patients and general practitioners. This activity is an example of private practice in geriatric medicine and completes the care offer of the geriatric network.
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- Polyclinique de la Guadeloupe, Morne Jolivière, 97139 Les Abymes, France
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Oulhote Y, Rouget F, Michineau L, Monfort C, Desrochers-Couture M, Thomé JP, Kadhel P, Multigner L, Cordier S, Muckle G. Prenatal and childhood chlordecone exposure, cognitive abilities and problem behaviors in 7-year-old children: the TIMOUN mother-child cohort in Guadeloupe. Environ Health 2023; 22:21. [PMID: 36843015 PMCID: PMC9969702 DOI: 10.1186/s12940-023-00970-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chlordecone is a highly persistent organochlorine insecticide that was intensively used in banana fields in the French West Indies, resulting in a widespread contamination. Neurotoxicity of acute exposures in adults is well recognized, and empirical data suggests that prenatal exposure affects visual and fine motor developments during infancy and childhood, with greater susceptibility in boys. OBJECTIVE To assess the associations between pre- and postnatal exposures to chlordecone and cognitive and behavioral functions in school-aged children from Guadeloupe. METHODS We examined 576 children from the TIMOUN mother-child cohort in Guadeloupe at 7 years of age. Concentrations of chlordecone and other environmental contaminants were measured in cord- and children's blood at age 7 years. Cognitive abilities of children were assessed with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV (WISC-IV), and externalizing and internalizing problem behaviors documented with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) completed by the child's mother. We estimated covariate-adjusted associations between cord- and 7-years chlordecone concentrations and child outcomes using structural equations modeling, and tested effect modification by sex. RESULTS Geometric means of blood chlordecone concentrations were 0.13 µg/L in cord blood and 0.06 µg/L in children's blood at age 7 years. A twofold increase in cord blood concentrations was associated with 0.05 standard deviation (SD) (95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 0.0, 0.10) higher internalizing problem scores, whereas 7-years chlordecone concentrations were associated with lower Full-Scale IQ scores (FSIQ) and greater externalized behavioral problem scores. A twofold increase in 7-year chlordecone concentrations was associated with a decrease of 0.67 point (95% CI: -1.13, -0.22) on FSIQ and an increase of 0.04 SD (95% CI: 0.0, 0.07) on externalizing problems. These associations with Cognitive abilities were driven by decreases in perceptive reasoning, working memory and verbal comprehension. Associations between 7-year exposure and perceptive reasoning, working memory, and the FSIQ were stronger in boys, whereas cord blood and child blood associations with internalizing problems were stronger in girls. CONCLUSIONS These results suggests that cognitive abilities and externalizing behavior problems at school age are impaired by childhood, but not in utero, exposure to chlordecone, and that prenatal exposure is related to greater internalizing behavioral problems.
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- Youssef Oulhote
- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
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- CHU De Rennes, Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut De Recherche En Santé, Environnement Et Travail) - UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut De Recherche En Santé, Environnement Et Travail) - UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut De Recherche En Santé, Environnement Et Travail) - UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France
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- Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, CHU De Québec Research Centre; École de Psychologie, Université Laval, Pavillon Félix-Antoine-Savard, 2325 Rue Des Bibliothèques, Québec City, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- LEAE-CART (Laboratoire d'Ecologie Animale Et d'Ecotoxicologie-Centre De Recherche Analytique Et Technologique), Université De Liège, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- CHU De de La Guadeloupe, Univ Antilles, Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut De Recherche En Santé, Environnement Et Travail) - UMR_S 1085, Pointe-À-Pitre, France
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- Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut De Recherche En Santé, Environnement Et Travail) - UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut De Recherche En Santé, Environnement Et Travail) - UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France.
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- Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, CHU De Québec Research Centre; École de Psychologie, Université Laval, Pavillon Félix-Antoine-Savard, 2325 Rue Des Bibliothèques, Québec City, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada.
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Simo N, Boucaud-Maitre D, Gebhard P, Villeneuve R, Rinaldo L, Dartigues JF, Drame M, Tabue-Teguo M. Correlates of Health-Related Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Guadeloupe (French West Indies): Results from the KASADS Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023; 20:3004. [PMID: 36833699 PMCID: PMC9957538 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20043004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the correlates of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in community-dwelling older adults in Guadeloupe. METHODS We used the Karukera Study of Aging-Drugs Storage (KASADS), an observational, cross-sectional study on community-dwelling older people living in Guadeloupe. A visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 100 was used to assess HRQoL. RESULTS The study sample consisted of 115 patients aged 65 years or older; 67.8% were women. Participants were 76 (±7.8) years old with a mean HRQoL of 66.2 (±20.3). The correlates of HRQoL were complaints of pain (p < 0.001) and IADL dependency (p = 0.030) after adjustment. We found no significant interactions between HRQoL and other variables such as marital status, socio-educational level and cognitive decline. CONCLUSIONS Pain and IADL dependency were independently associated with lower HRQoL in community-dwelling older people in Guadeloupe.
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- Nadine Simo
- CHU de Martinique, 97261 Fort-de-France, France
- Equipe EpiCliV, Université des Antilles, 97157 Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- Equipe EpiCliV, Université des Antilles, 97157 Pointe-à-Pitre, France
- CHU de Guadeloupe, 97110 Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- CHU de Martinique, 97261 Fort-de-France, France
- Equipe EpiCliV, Université des Antilles, 97157 Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- CHU de Martinique, 97261 Fort-de-France, France
- Equipe EpiCliV, Université des Antilles, 97157 Pointe-à-Pitre, France
- Equipe ACTIVE, ISERM 1219, Univ. Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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Pilet F, Loiseau M, Boyer C, Cavalier A, Diman C. First report of ' Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae' (16SrIV-A subgroup) associated with palm Lethal Yellowing disease on Cocos nucifera and Pritchardia sp. in Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Plant Dis 2022; 107:1621. [PMID: 36265144 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-22-1898-pdn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Lethal Yellowing (LY) disease causes major damage to palms in Central America and the Caribbean. It has been reported as far south as Antigua (Myrie et al., 2014). LY affects over forty palm species, seriously impacts the coconut industry and alters the landscapes on islands with a tourist-based economy. In March 2021, the presence of LY disease was regularly monitored in Guadeloupe. Two palm species (Cocos nucifera and Pritchardia sp.) died on a private property in Saint-Anne, Grande Terre. Yellowing of lower fronds and necrosis of inflorescences were reported on some neighboring palms. One symptomatic Cocos nucifera (GP21-007) and four symptomatic Pritchardia sp. (GP21-005, GP21-006, GP21-008 and GP21-009) were sampled by stem drilling. Samples from four asymptomatic coconut trees (GP21-001 to GP21-004) were collected in the locality of Deshaies. DNA was extracted from the nine sawdust samples following a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) modified protocol (Doyle and Doyle, 1990). A quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR), following the protocol described by Christensen et al. (2004), was performed on DNA to diagnose the presence of phytoplasmas. An exponential amplification was observed for all DNA extracts from symptomatic palm samples (threshold number of PCR cycles (Ct) ranged from 18.50 to 23.58). DNA from asymptomatic samples yielded negative results (undetermined Ct). To identify the phytoplasma associated with LY, DNA samples were subjected to PCR, based on the 16SrRNA gene, plus internal transcribed spacers (ITS) using P1-1T (Pilet et al., 2021)/P7 (Schneider et al., 1995) primers, and secA gene using the primer pair secAFor1/secARev1 (Hodgetts et al. 2008). Amplicons of 1.8 kb covering the 16S ribosomal operon and 830 bp for the secA gene were produced using DNA from symptomatic trees. All amplicons were double strand sequenced (Genewiz, UK). The corresponding sequences were deposited in GenBank and subjected to BLASTn on NCBI. Sequences of the ribosomal operon gene (accession no. ON521114 to ON521118) were identical for the five positive samples. Sequencing revealed two distinct ribosomal operons with heterozygous peaks on the DNA chromatogram. The first aMino ambiguity (M = Adenine or Cytosine) was observed in the 16Sr RNA gene. The second was observed in the first intergenic transcript spacer. The 16S rDNA sequence (M = Cytosine) presented 100% identity with accession no. HQ613874 and 99.93% with accession no. U18747, the reference sequence for 'Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae'. The virtual RFLP pattern derived from the 16S rDNA F2nR2 fragment and identified using iPhyclassifier (Zhao et al. 2009) was identical to the reference pattern for the 16SrIV-A subgroup. A unique sequence was obtained for the partial secA gene (OP136139 to OP136143), sharing 100% identity with EU267187 for the palm LY phytoplasma preprotein translocase subunit (secA) gene. This is the first report of 'Ca. Phytoplasma palmae' (subgroup 16SrIV-A) associated with palm LY disease on Cocos nucifera and Pritchardia sp. in Guadeloupe. Measures to eradicate LY were implemented as soon as its presence was confirmed in Guadeloupe. LY phytoplasmas continue to spread in the Caribbean and are approaching South America, where the known vector, Haplaxius crudus, has already been reported (Silva et al., 2019). This poses a major threat to the coconut economy and the diversity of palm trees.
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- ANSES-LSV, Virology and Phytoplasmology team, 7 rue Jean Dixméras, ANGERS cedex 01, France, 49044;
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Comte I, Pradel A, Crabit A, Mottes C, Pak LT, Cattan P. Long-term pollution by chlordecone of tropical volcanic soils in the French West Indies: New insights and improvement of previous predictions. Environ Pollut 2022; 303:119091. [PMID: 35248621 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Chlordecone (CLD), was widely applied in banana fields in the French West Indies from 1972 to 1993. The WISORCH model was constructed to assess soil contamination by CLD and estimated that it lasts from 100 to 600 years, depending on leaching intensity and assuming no degradation. However, recent studies demonstrated that CLD is degraded in the environment, hence questioning the reliability of previous estimations. This paper shows how to improve the model and provides insights into the long-term dissipation of CLD. In-situ observations were made in nearly 2545 plots between 2001 and 2020, and 17 plots were sampled at two dates. Results of soil analyses showed an unexpected 4-fold decrease in CLD concentrations in the soil, in contrast to simulations made using the first version of WISORCH at the time. Neither erosion, nor CLD leaching explained these discrepancies. In a top-down modeling approach, these new observations of CLD concentrations led us to implement a new dissipation process in the WISORCH model that corresponds to a DT50 dissipation half-life of 5 years. The new version of the improved model allowed us to update the prediction of the persistence of soil pollution, with soil decontamination estimated for the 2070s. This development calls for re-evaluation of soil pollution status. Further validation of the new version of WISORCH is needed so it can contribute to crop management on contaminated soil.
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- Irina Comte
- Cirad, UPR GECO, Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe, F-97130, France; GECO, HortSys, TETIS, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Geosciences Rennes, UMR 6118, F-35000, Rennes, France
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- Montpellier SupAgro, UMR G-EAU, University of Montpellier, INRAE, Avenue Jean-François Breton, 34000, Montpellier, France
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- GECO, HortSys, TETIS, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France; Cirad, UPR HortSys, F-97455, Saint-Pierre, Réunion, France
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- GECO, HortSys, TETIS, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France; Cirad, UPR HortSys, Le Lamentin, Martinique, F-97285, France
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- GECO, HortSys, TETIS, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France; Cirad, UMR TETIS, F-34398, Montpellier, France.
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Contaret C, Cesaire R, Deloumeaux J, Neviere R, Resiere D, Cabie A, Sylvestre E, Joachim C, Drame M. Research challenges and opportunities in the Caribbean area: first bibliometric study in the French West Indies, from 1989 to 2018. Rev Panam Salud Publica 2022; 45:e159. [PMID: 34987279 PMCID: PMC8699030 DOI: 10.26633/rpsp.2021.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Objective. To analyze, describe, and quantify the collaborations and scientific output of the two university teaching hospitals of Martinique and Guadeloupe, at the regional, national, and international level. Methods. A bibliometrics analysis was performed from the international databases Web of Science and PubMed, for the period from 1989 to 2018, inclusive (30 years). Three types of bibliometric indicators were used, namely quantitative indicators, performance indicators, and organization-specific indicators. Affiliations of the first and last authors were identified from PubMed. Results. Between 1989 and 2018, a total of 1 522 indexed articles were published with at least one author affiliated to either the University Hospital of Martinique (n = 827) or the University Hospital of Guadeloupe (n = 685). The majority of articles were in category Q1 (35.8% for Martinique and 35.2% for Guadeloupe). In Martinique, over the last 30 years, the three main research areas have been clinical neurology, ophthalmology, and surgery, together representing 28.7% of all research areas, with the highest number of articles published in the field of clinical neurology (n = 81). In the University Hospital of Guadeloupe, the area of hematology was largely represented, with 79 articles published. For both hospitals, the first and last authors of the articles published were mainly from mainland France. Conclusions. This quantitative analysis shows the development of medical and scientific research in Martinique and Guadeloupe over the last three decades, as well as the extent of their collaborative partnerships at the national and international levels.
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- Cédric Contaret
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort de France Martinique France Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort de France, Martinique, France
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- Université des Antilles, Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe France Université des Antilles, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe France Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort de France Martinique France Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort de France, Martinique, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort de France Martinique France Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort de France, Martinique, France
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- Université des Antilles, Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe France Université des Antilles, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort de France Martinique France Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort de France, Martinique, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort de France Martinique France Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort de France, Martinique, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort de France Martinique France Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort de France, Martinique, France
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Kallel H, Resiere D, Houcke S, Hommel D, Pujo JM, Martino F, Carles M, Mehdaoui H. Critical care medicine in the French Territories in the Americas: Current situation and prospects. Rev Panam Salud Publica 2021; 45:e46. [PMID: 33936184 PMCID: PMC8080944 DOI: 10.26633/rpsp.2021.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Hospitals in the French Territories in the Americas (FTA) work according to international and French standards. This paper aims to describe different aspects of critical care in the FTA. For this, we reviewed official information about population size and intensive care unit (ICU) bed capacity in the FTA and literature on FTA ICU specificities. Persons living in or visiting the FTA are exposed to specific risks, mainly severe road traffic injuries, envenoming, stab or ballistic wounds, and emergent tropical infectious diseases. These diseases may require specific knowledge and critical care management. However, there are not enough ICU beds in the FTA. Indeed, there are 7.2 ICU beds/100 000 population in Guadeloupe, 7.2 in Martinique, and 4.5 in French Guiana. In addition, seriously ill patients in remote areas regularly have to be transferred, most often by helicopter, resulting in a delay in admission to intensive care. The COVID-19 crisis has shown that the health care system in the FTA is unready to face such an epidemic and that intensive care bed capacity must be increased. In conclusion, the critical care sector in the FTA requires upgrading of infrastructure, human resources, and equipment as well as enhancement of multidisciplinary care. Also needed are promotion of training, research, and regional and international medical and scientific cooperation.
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- Hatem Kallel
- Cayenne General Hospital Cayenne French Guiana Cayenne General Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Martinique University Hospital Fort-de-France Martinique Martinique University Hospital, Fort-de-France, Martinique
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- Cayenne General Hospital Cayenne French Guiana Cayenne General Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Cayenne General Hospital Cayenne French Guiana Cayenne General Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Cayenne General Hospital Cayenne French Guiana Cayenne General Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Guadeloupe University Hospital Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe Guadeloupe University Hospital, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Guadeloupe University Hospital Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe Guadeloupe University Hospital, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Martinique University Hospital Fort-de-France Martinique Martinique University Hospital, Fort-de-France, Martinique
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Gaete S, Auguste A, Bhakkan B, Peruvien J, Herrmann-Storck C, Socrier Y, Diedhiou A, Deloumeaux J. Frequent high-risk HPV co-infections excluding types 16 or 18 in cervical neoplasia in Guadeloupe. BMC Cancer 2021; 21:281. [PMID: 33726684 PMCID: PMC7962384 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-021-07940-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is the fourth cancer worldwide. The Human Papilloma Virus is responsible for 99% of the cases but the distribution of its genotypes varies among populations. We aimed to identify HPV genotypes distribution in women with grade 2/3 cervical intraepithelial dysplasia or invasive cervical cancer in Guadeloupe, a French Caribbean territory with a population mainly of African descent. METHODS We used paraffin-embedded tumors for viral DNA extraction from women diagnosed between 2014 and 2016 and identified by the population-based cancer registry. The HPV Genotyping was performed with the InnoLIPA HPV Genotyping Extra kit®. RESULTS Overall, 213 samples out of the 321 eligible records were analyzed. The HPV status was positive for 94% of the cases. The five most common oncogenic HPV genotypes were HPV31 (47%), HPV33 (38%), HPV16 (32%), HPV44 (31%) and HPV26 (28%). HPV18 was found in only in 5% of the cases. Among the studied cases, 94% had multiple infections. More than 60% of single infections were HPV16-related, accounting for 35% of HPV16 infections. CONCLUSIONS These results show a different distribution of oncogenic HPVs in Guadeloupe with "31 > 33 > 16" and a high frequency of multiple infections. Despite a lower coverage, the nine-valent vaccine is nevertheless adequate.
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- Stanie Gaete
- Biological Resources Center Karubiotec™, BRIF n° KARUBIOTEC-GUA-00971, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Guadeloupe cancer registry, University Hospital of Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Guadeloupe cancer registry, University Hospital of Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Guadeloupe cancer registry, University Hospital of Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Virology-Microbiology Unit, University Hospital of Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Pathology Laboratory ALIZES, Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe
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- Pathology Laboratory, University Hospital of Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Biological Resources Center Karubiotec™, BRIF n° KARUBIOTEC-GUA-00971, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. .,Guadeloupe cancer registry, University Hospital of Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
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Melot B, Bastian S, Dournon N, Valade E, Gorgé O, Le Fleche A, Idier C, Vernier M, Fernandes E, Hoen B, Breurec S, Carles M. Three New Cases of Melioidosis, Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Emerg Infect Dis 2021; 26:617-619. [PMID: 32091384 PMCID: PMC7045835 DOI: 10.3201/eid2603.190718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Melioidosis has been detected in the Caribbean, and an increasing number of cases has been reported in the past few decades, but only 2 cases were reported in Guadeloupe during the past 20 years. We describe 3 more cases that occurred during 2016–2017 and examine arguments for increasing endemicity.
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Bello G, Delatorre E, Lacoste V, Darcissac E, Herrmann-Storck C, Tressières B, Cabras O, Lamaury I, Cabié A, Visseaux B, Chaix ML, Descamps D, Césaire R, Nacher M, Dos Santos G. Increasing prevalence and local transmission of non-B HIV-1 subtypes in the French Antilles and French Guiana between 1995 and 2018. Virus Evol 2020; 6:veaa081. [PMID: 33324493 PMCID: PMC7724245 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veaa081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The Caribbean and South American French Overseas Territories (CSAFOT) are the regions most heavily affected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) epidemic in France. Although dominated by HIV-1 subtype B, the detection of non-B subtypes and the great proportion of HIV-positive persons born abroad demonstrated the potential for local spread of non-B subtype strains in CSAFOT. To reconstruct the epidemiologic dynamics of major non-B subtype clusters spreading in CSAFOT, we conducted phylogenetic and evolutionary analyses of 2,523 HIV-1 pol sequences collected from patients living in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana from 1995 to 2018. A large variety of HIV-1 non-B subtype strains (eight subtypes, twelve CRFs, and multiple URFs) have been introduced in CSAFOT and their prevalence significantly increases over time in Martinique and Guadeloupe. We identified twelve major transmission networks of non-B subtypes (CRF02_AG and subtypes A3, C, D, and F1) that probably arose in Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, and mainland France between the late 1970s and the middle 2000s. Phylogeographic analyses support frequent non-B subtype viral transmissions within CSAFOT as well as transatlantic transmission between CSAFOT and mainland France. Domestic transmission networks of non-B subtype variants in CSAFOT comprise both men having sex with men and heterosexual individuals from different age groups. Different HIV-1 non-B subtype variants were sequentially introduced in CSAFOT between the late 1970s and the middle 2000s and are currently spreading through domestic, regional, and/or transatlantic networks of individuals from different age and risk groups.
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- Gonzalo Bello
- Laboratório de AIDS e Imunologia Molecular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Naturais e da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, Guyane Française
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, Guyane Française
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- INSERM Centre d'Investigation Clinique 1424, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Martinique University Hospital, Université des Antilles, Fort-de-France EA 7524, Martinique
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Dermatology, Internal Medicine, University Hospital Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Martinique University Hospital, Université des Antilles, Fort-de-France EA 7524, Martinique
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- Université de Paris, INSERM UMR 1137 IAME, Laboratoire de Virologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, INSERM U944, Laboratoire de Virologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, INSERM UMR 1137 IAME, Laboratoire de Virologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France
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- Service de Virologie, Martinique University Hospital, Université des Antilles, Fort-de-France EA 7524, Martinique
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- Coordination Régionale de la lutte contre le VIH (COREVIH) and Centre d'Investigation Clinique - CIC INSERM 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne "Andrée Rosemon", Cayenne, Guyane Française
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- Service de Virologie, Martinique University Hospital, Université des Antilles, Fort-de-France EA 7524, Martinique
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Justine JL, Gey D, Thévenot J, Gastineau R, Jones HD. The land flatworm Amaga expatria (Geoplanidae) in Guadeloupe and Martinique: new reports and molecular characterization including complete mitogenome. PeerJ 2020; 8:e10098. [PMID: 33240595 PMCID: PMC7659627 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The land flatworm Amaga expatria Jones & Sterrer, 2005 (Geoplanidae) was described from two specimens collected in Bermuda in 1963 and 1988 and not recorded since. METHODS On the basis of a citizen science project, we received observations in the field, photographs and specimens from non-professionals and local scientists in Martinique and Guadeloupe. We barcoded (COI) specimens from both islands and studied the histology of the reproductive organs of one specimen. Based on Next Generation Sequencing, we obtained the complete mitogenome of A. expatria and some information on its prey from contaminating DNA. RESULTS We add records from 2006 to 2019 in two French islands of the Caribbean arc, Guadeloupe (six records) and Martinique (14 records), based on photographs obtained from citizen science and specimens examined. A specimen from Martinique was studied for histology of the copulatory organs and barcoded for the COI gene; its anatomy was similar to the holotype, therefore confirming species identification. The COI gene was identical for several specimens from Martinique and Guadeloupe and differed from the closest species by more than 10%; molecular characterisation of the species is thus possible by standard molecular barcoding techniques. The mitogenome is 14,962 bp in length and contains 12 protein coding genes, two rRNA genes and 22 tRNA genes; for two protein genes it was not possible to determine the start codon. The mitogenome was compared with the few available mitogenomes from geoplanids and the most similar was Obama nungara, a species from South America. An analysis of contaminating DNA in the digestive system suggests that A. expatria preys on terrestrial molluscs, and citizen science observations in the field suggest that prey include molluscs and earthworms; the species thus could be a threat to biodiversity of soil animals in the Caribbean.
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- Jean-Lou Justine
- ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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- Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Micro-Organismes, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
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- Life Sciences Department, Natural History Museum, London, UK
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Chaumont H, Roze E, Tressières B, Lazarini F, Lannuzel A. Central nervous system infections in a tropical area: influence of emerging and rare infections. Eur J Neurol 2020; 27:2242-2249. [PMID: 32602577 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The frequency of infectious encephalitis and the distribution of causative pathogens in tropical areas are poorly known and may be influenced by emerging and rare infections. The aim was to characterize a large series of acute infectious encephalitis and myelitis in immunocompetent patients from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe identifying clinical, biological and radiological features according to pathogens. METHODS Using a hospital database, detailed information on a comprehensive series of immunocompetent patients with acute infectious myelitis and encephalitis over the 2012-2018 period was retrospectively collected. RESULTS From 259 suspected cases with acute central nervous system infection, 171 cases were included for analysis, comprising 141 encephalitis, 22 myelitis and eight encephalomyelitis. The annual incidence peaked at 15.0/100 000 during the Zika 2016 outbreak. Children accounted for 22.2% of cases. Eight adults died during hospital stay, all encephalitis. Seventeen infectious agents, two of which had never been described in Guadeloupe so far, were identified in 101 cases (59.1%), including 35 confirmed cases (34.7%), 48 probable cases (47.5%), 15 possible cases (14.9%) and three clinical cases (3.0%). The most frequent etiologic agents were Zika virus in 23 cases (13.5%), herpes simplex in 12 (7.0%), varicella zoster virus in 11 (6.4%), dengue virus in 11 (6.4%) and leptospirosis in 11 (6.4%). CONCLUSIONS The Zika outbreak had a major influence on the annual incidence of acute central nervous system infection. Acute neuroleptospirosis is over-represented in our series. Further efforts are mandatory to develop new diagnostic tools for pathogen profiling.
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- H Chaumont
- Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes, France.,Faculté de Médecine de l'Université des Antilles, Pointe-à-Pitre, France.,Faculté de Médecine de Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U 1127, CNRS, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France
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- Faculté de Médecine de Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U 1127, CNRS, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France.,Département de Neurologie, AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, Inserm CIC 1424, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- Perception and Memory Unit, Unité Mixte de Recherche 3571, Institut Pasteur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
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- Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes, France.,Faculté de Médecine de l'Université des Antilles, Pointe-à-Pitre, France.,Faculté de Médecine de Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U 1127, CNRS, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France.,Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, Inserm CIC 1424, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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Duperron S, Beniddir MA, Durand S, Longeon A, Duval C, Gros O, Bernard C, Bourguet-Kondracki ML. New Benthic Cyanobacteria from Guadeloupe Mangroves as Producers of Antimicrobials. Mar Drugs 2019; 18:E16. [PMID: 31878034 DOI: 10.3390/md18010016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Benthic cyanobacteria strains from Guadeloupe have been investigated for the first time by combining phylogenetic, chemical and biological studies in order to better understand the taxonomic and chemical diversity as well as the biological activities of these cyanobacteria through the effect of their specialized metabolites. Therefore, in addition to the construction of the phylogenetic tree, indicating the presence of 12 potentially new species, an LC-MS/MS data analysis workflow was applied to provide an overview on chemical diversity of 20 cyanobacterial extracts, which was linked to antimicrobial activities evaluation against human pathogenic and ichtyopathogenic environmental strains.
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Mendisco F, Pemonge MH, Romon T, Lafleur G, Richard G, Courtaud P, Deguilloux MF. Tracing the genetic legacy in the French Caribbean islands: A study of mitochondrial and Y-chromosome lineages in the Guadeloupe archipelago. Am J Phys Anthropol 2019; 170:507-518. [PMID: 31599974 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2018] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The history of the Caribbean region is marked by numerous and various successive migration waves that resulted in a global blending of African, European, and Amerindian lineages. As the origin and genetic composition of the current population of French Caribbean islands has not been studied to date, we used both mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome markers to complete the characterization of the dynamics of admixture in the Guadeloupe archipelago. MATERIALS AND METHODS We sequenced the mitochondrial hypervariable regions and genotyped mitochondrial and Y-chromosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of 198 individuals from five localities of the Guadeloupe archipelago. RESULTS The maternal haplogroups revealed a blend of 85% African lineages (mainly traced to Western, West-Central, and South-Eastern Africa), 12.5% Eurasian lineages, and 0.5% Amerindian lineages. We highlighted disequilibria between European paternal contribution (44%) and European maternal contribution (7%), pointing out an important sexual asymmetry. Finally, the estimated Native American component was strikingly low and supported the near-extinction of native lineages in the region. DISCUSSION We confirmed that all historically known migratory events indeed left a visible genetic imprint in the contemporary Caribbean populations. The data gathered clearly demonstrated the significant impact of the transatlantic slave trade on the Guadeloupean population's constitution. Altogether, the data in our study confirm that in the Caribbean region, human population variation is correlated with colonial and postcolonial policies and unique island histories.
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- Fanny Mendisco
- University of Bordeaux, UMR 5199 PACEA, Allée Geoffroy de St Hilaire, Pessac, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR 5199 PACEA, Allée Geoffroy de St Hilaire, Pessac, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR 5199 PACEA, Allée Geoffroy de St Hilaire, Pessac, France.,Centre de Gourbeyre, Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives Guadeloupe, Gourbeyre, France
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- Archives Départementales de la Guadeloupe, Société D'histoire de la Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre, France
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- Centre de Gourbeyre, Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives Guadeloupe, Gourbeyre, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR 5199 PACEA, Allée Geoffroy de St Hilaire, Pessac, France
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Shi C, Beller L, Deboutte W, Yinda KC, Delang L, Vega-Rúa A, Failloux AB, Matthijnssens J. Stable distinct core eukaryotic viromes in different mosquito species from Guadeloupe, using single mosquito viral metagenomics. Microbiome 2019; 7:121. [PMID: 31462331 PMCID: PMC6714450 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-019-0734-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mosquitoes are the most important invertebrate viral vectors in humans and harbor a high diversity of understudied viruses, which has been shown in many mosquito virome studies in recent years. These studies generally performed metagenomics sequencing on pools of mosquitoes, without assessment of the viral diversity in individual mosquitoes. To address this issue, we applied our optimized viral metagenomics protocol (NetoVIR) to compare the virome of single and pooled Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes collected from different locations in Guadeloupe, in 2016 and 2017. RESULTS The total read number and viral reads proportion of samples containing a single mosquito have no significant difference compared with those of pools containing five mosquitoes, which proved the feasibility of using single mosquito for viral metagenomics. A comparative analysis of the virome revealed a higher abundance and more diverse eukaryotic virome in Aedes aegypti, whereas Culex quinquefasciatus harbors a richer and more diverse phageome. The majority of the identified eukaryotic viruses were mosquito-species specific. We further characterized the genomes of 11 novel eukaryotic viruses. Furthermore, qRT-PCR analyses of the six most abundant eukaryotic viruses indicated that the majority of individual mosquitoes were infected by several of the selected viruses with viral genome copies per mosquito ranging from 267 to 1.01 × 108 (median 7.5 × 106) for Ae. aegypti and 192 to 8.69 × 106 (median 4.87 × 104) for Cx. quinquefasciatus. Additionally, in Cx. quinquefasciatus, a number of phage contigs co-occurred with several marker genes of Wolbachia sp. strain wPip. CONCLUSIONS We firstly demonstrate the feasibility to use single mosquito for viral metagenomics, which can provide much more precise virome profiles of mosquito populations. Interspecific comparisons show striking differences in abundance and diversity between the viromes of Ae. aegypti and Cx. quinquefasciatus. Those two mosquito species seem to have their own relatively stable "core eukaryotic virome", which might have important implications for the competence to transmit important medically relevant arboviruses. The presence of Wolbachia in Cx. quinquefasciatus might explain (1) the lower overall viral load compared to Ae. aegypti, (2) the identification of multiple unknown phage contigs, and (3) the difference in competence for important human pathogens. How these viruses, phages, and bacteria influence the physiology and vector competence of mosquito hosts warrants further research.
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- Chenyan Shi
- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Viral Metagenomics, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Viral Metagenomics, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Viral Metagenomics, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Viral Metagenomics, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT USA
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institut Pasteur of Guadeloupe, Laboratory of Vector Control Research, Unit Transmission, Reservoirs and Pathogen Diversity, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
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- Institut Pasteur, Department of Virology, Arboviruses and Insect Vectors, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Viral Metagenomics, Leuven, Belgium
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Hery L, Boullis A, Delannay C, Vega-Rúa A. Transmission potential of African, Asian and American Zika virus strains by Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus from Guadeloupe (French West Indies). Emerg Microbes Infect 2019; 8:699-706. [PMID: 31109248 PMCID: PMC6534219 DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2019.1615849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus that has dramatically spread in South America and the Caribbean regions since 2015. The majority of vector incrimination studies available for ZIKV showed that Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are important vectors for this virus. However, several reports suggest that Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes may be implicated in ZIKV transmission in certain urban settings. In the present study, we evaluated the vector competence for ZIKV of Cx. quinquefasciatus and Ae. aegypti mosquitoes from Guadeloupe using African, American and Asian strains. The results demonstrated that Cx. quinquefasciatus is refractory to ZIKV infection whatever the strain tested at 7, 14 or 21 days post-infection (dpi), while ZIKV transmission was recorded in Ae. aegypti for all the three strains. The African ZIKV strain was better transmitted by Ae. aegypti (∼ 50% mean transmission efficiency) and with a shorter incubation period (7 dpi) when compared to the Asian and American strains (<14% transmission efficiency; incubation period of 14–21 dpi). Taken together, these results suggest that only Ae. aegypti mosquitoes are involved in urban ZIKV transmission in Guadeloupe and highlight a higher infectiousness of the African ZIKV strain in this mosquito species when compared to the Asian and American ones.
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- Lyza Hery
- a Institute Pasteur of Guadeloupe, Laboratory of Vector Control research, Unit Transmission Reservoir and Pathogens Diversity , Les Abymes , France
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- a Institute Pasteur of Guadeloupe, Laboratory of Vector Control research, Unit Transmission Reservoir and Pathogens Diversity , Les Abymes , France
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- a Institute Pasteur of Guadeloupe, Laboratory of Vector Control research, Unit Transmission Reservoir and Pathogens Diversity , Les Abymes , France
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- a Institute Pasteur of Guadeloupe, Laboratory of Vector Control research, Unit Transmission Reservoir and Pathogens Diversity , Les Abymes , France
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Zebina M, Melot B, Binachon B, Ouissa R, Lamaury I, Hoen B. Impact of an SMS reminder service on outpatient clinic attendance rates by patients with HIV followed-up at Pointe-à-Pitre University Hospital. Patient Prefer Adherence 2019; 13:215-221. [PMID: 30774317 PMCID: PMC6354684 DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s182186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE By the end of 2014, 23% of people living with HIV (PWHIV) who had had a scheduled appointment at our outpatient clinic had not attended. We implemented an SMS reminder service and assessed its impact on medical consultation-attendance rate. METHODS The intervention was directed at all PWHIV with a scheduled appointment between March and April 2015 at our infectious diseases department. Two days before the scheduled visit, an appointment reminder SMS was sent to every other patient at random. On the visit day, a questionnaire was used to determine patient perceptions regarding the SMS. RESULTS A total of 224 patients (126 males, 98 females, mean age 52 years, 94% taking anti-retroviral therapy) were selected to take part in the study. The medical consultation-attendance rate was 76% in the SMS reminder read group (87 patients) and 72% in the SMS reminder not sent or not read group (137 patients, P=0.6). Among the 66 SMS reminder read patients who attended their consultation and answered the questionnaire, 51% reported that the SMS had contributed to their attendance. CONCLUSION Sending an SMS reminder had no significant impact on clinic attendance rates. This may have been due in part to the sociocultural characteristics of our patients. Further research should investigate other tools to improve attendance rates.
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- Marine Zebina
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Dermatology, Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre, Pointe-à-Pitre, France,
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Dermatology, Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre, Pointe-à-Pitre, France,
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- INSERM, Center for Clinical Investigation, University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Dermatology, Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre, Pointe-à-Pitre, France,
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Dermatology, Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre, Pointe-à-Pitre, France,
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Dermatology, Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre, Pointe-à-Pitre, France,
- INSERM, Center for Clinical Investigation, University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
- EA 4537, Faculty of Medicine Hyacinthe Bastaraud, University of the French West Indies and French Guiana, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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Boisnoir A, Pascal PY, Cordonnier S, Lemée R. Spatio-temporal dynamics and biotic substrate preferences of benthic dinoflagellates in the Lesser Antilles, Caribbean sea. Harmful Algae 2019; 81:18-29. [PMID: 30638495 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2018.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Revised: 11/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Epibenthic dinoflagellates were monitored monthly over an 18 month period in Guadeloupe and Martinique (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea). These islands are located in the second most affected ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) region of the world. Guadeloupe presented five times more total epibenthic dinoflagellates and two times less abundant Gambierdiscus spp. compared to Martinique, although the area of frequent CFP outbreaks covers Guadeloupe and not Martinique. Results did not show any clear seasonal variations of benthic dinoflagellates abundances. Temperature and salinity were not driving parameters in the evolution of total benthic dinoflagellate abundances. Preferential associations were found between macrophyte species and epibenthic dinoflagellates. The Phaeophyceae Dictyota spp. hosted the highest abundances of total epibenthic dinoflagellates, composed mainly of Ostrepsis and Prorocentrum genera. The seagrass Halophila stipulacea hosted the highest abundances of Gambierdiscus spp. and Sinophysis spp. whilst the highest abundance of Coolia was determined on Galaxaura spp. The pelagic Sargassum spp. hosted the lowest abundances of benthic dinoflagellates including the genus Gambierdiscus.
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- Aurélie Boisnoir
- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB, UMR 7205, Université des Antilles. Équipe Biologie de la mangrove. UFR SEN. 97100 Pointe-à-Pitre. France; Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, LOV, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB, UMR 7205, Université des Antilles. Équipe Biologie de la mangrove. UFR SEN. 97100 Pointe-à-Pitre. France
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB, UMR 7205, Université des Antilles. Équipe Biologie de la mangrove. UFR SEN. 97100 Pointe-à-Pitre. France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, LOV, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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Vega-Rúa A, Pagès N, Fontaine A, Nuccio C, Hery L, Goindin D, Gustave J, Almeras L. Improvement of mosquito identification by MALDI-TOF MS biotyping using protein signatures from two body parts. Parasit Vectors 2018; 11:574. [PMID: 30390691 PMCID: PMC6215610 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-018-3157-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry technology (MALDI-TOF MS) is an innovative tool that has been shown to be effective for the identification of numerous arthropod groups including mosquitoes. A critical step in the implementation of MALDI-TOF MS identification is the creation of spectra databases (DB) for the species of interest. Mosquito legs were the body part most frequently used to create identification DB. However, legs are one of the most fragile mosquito compartments, which can put identification at risk. Here, we assessed whether mosquito thoraxes could also be used as a relevant body part for mosquito species identification using a MALDI-TOF MS biotyping strategy; we propose a double DB query strategy to reinforce identification success. Methods Thoraxes and legs from 91 mosquito specimens belonging to seven mosquito species collected in six localities from Guadeloupe, and two laboratory strains, Aedes aegypti BORA and Aedes albopictus Marseille, were dissected and analyzed by MALDI-TOF MS. Molecular identification using cox1 gene sequencing was also conducted on representative specimens to confirm their identification. Results MS profiles obtained with both thoraxes and legs were highly compartment-specific, species-specific and species-reproducible, allowing high identification scores (log-score values, LSVs) when queried against the in-house MS reference spectra DB (thorax LSVs range: 2.260–2.783, leg LSVs range: 2.132–2.753). Conclusions Both thoraxes and legs could be used for a double DB query in order to reinforce the success and accuracy of MALDI-TOF MS identification. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13071-018-3157-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Anubis Vega-Rúa
- Laboratory of Vector Control Research, Environment and Health Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, 97183, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France.
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- CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, F-97170, Petit Bourg, Guadeloupe, France.,ASTRE, CIRAD, INRA, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Unité de Parasitologie et Entomologie, Département des Maladies Infectieuses, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Marseille, France.,Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, UMR Vecteurs - Infections Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (VITROME), IHU - Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 bd Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille, cedex 5, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, SSA, IRBA, MCT, 13005, Marseille, France
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- Laboratory of Vector Control Research, Environment and Health Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, 97183, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France
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- Laboratory of Vector Control Research, Environment and Health Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, 97183, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France
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- Vector Control Service of Guadeloupe, Regional Health Agency, Airport Zone South Raizet, 97139, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France
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- Unité de Parasitologie et Entomologie, Département des Maladies Infectieuses, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Marseille, France.,Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, UMR Vecteurs - Infections Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (VITROME), IHU - Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 bd Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille, cedex 5, France
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Goindin D, Cannet A, Delannay C, Ramdini C, Gustave J, Atyame C, Vega-Rúa A. Screening of natural Wolbachia infection in Aedes aegypti, Aedes taeniorhynchus and Culex quinquefasciatus from Guadeloupe (French West Indies). Acta Trop 2018; 185:314-317. [PMID: 29908171 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Revised: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Guadeloupe islands are threatened by several mosquito-borne viruses such as Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika and West Nile virus. It appears essential to look for alternative mosquito control methods such as the incompatible insect technique (ITT) aiming at sterilizing wild females by inundative releases of incompatible males. Before considering the implementation of such a strategy, the characterization of genetic diversity of the endocellular bacterium Wolbachia regarding the local mosquito populations is a critical issue. Here, for the first time, we describe the prevalence and diversity of Wolbachia in natural populations of three mosquito species from Guadeloupe: Aedes aegypti, Aedes taeniorhynchus and Culex quinquefasciatus. The detection of Wolbachia in natural Ae. aegypti, Ae. taeniorhynchus and Cx. quinquefasciatus populations was conducted by studying Wolbachia 16S ribosomal RNA gene using a TaqMan quantitative real-time PCR and results were confirmed by conventional PCR and sequencing. In addition, molecular typing of wPip strains in Cx. quinquefasciatus was done by PCR-RFLP. We did not find Wolbachia infection in any of Ae. aegypti and Ae. taeniorhynchus studied populations. Natural Wolbachia infection was detected in Cx. quinquefasciatus with prevalence varying from 79.2% to 95.8%. In addition, no polymorphism was found between the Wolbachia strains infecting Cx. quinquefasciatus specimens, all carrying an infection from the same Wolbachia genetic wPip-I group. These results pave the way for the evaluation of the feasibility of IIT programs to fight against these medically-important mosquito species in Guadeloupe.
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Dromard CR, Guéné M, Bouchon-Navaro Y, Lemoine S, Cordonnier S, Bouchon C. Contamination of marine fauna by chlordecone in Guadeloupe: evidence of a seaward decreasing gradient. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2018; 25:14294-14301. [PMID: 28411315 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8924-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Chlordecone is an organochlorine pesticide, used in the Lesser Antilles from 1972 to 1993 to fight against a banana weevil. That molecule is very persistent in the natural environment and ends up in the sea with runoff waters. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the level of contamination in several trophic groups of marine animals according to their distance from the source of pollution. Samples of suspended matter, macroalgae, herbivorous fishes, detrivorous crustaceans, zooplanktivorous fishes, first- and second-order of carnivorous fishes, and piscivorous fishes have been collected in two sites, located downstream the contaminated sites (Goyave and Petit-Bourg), in three marine habitats (coastal mangroves, seagrass beds located 1.5 km from the shoreline, and coral reefs at 3 km offshore). Animals collected in mangroves were the most contaminated (mean concentrations 193 μg kg-1 in Goyave and 213 μg kg-1 in Petit-Bourg). Samples from seagrass beds presented intermediate concentrations of chlordecone (85 μg kg-1 in Goyave and 107 μg kg-1 in Petit-Bourg). Finally, samples from coral reefs were the less contaminated (71 μg kg-1 in Goyave and 74 μg kg-1 in Petit-Bourg). Reef samples, collected 3 km offshore, were two to three times less contaminated than those collected in mangroves.
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- Charlotte R Dromard
- UMR BOREA, CNRS 7208 - MNHN - UPMC - UCBN - IRD 207, Laboratoire d'excellence CORAIL, DYNECAR, Université des Antilles, Campus de Fouillole, 91157, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
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- UMR BOREA, CNRS 7208 - MNHN - UPMC - UCBN - IRD 207, Laboratoire d'excellence CORAIL, DYNECAR, Université des Antilles, Campus de Fouillole, 91157, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- UMR BOREA, CNRS 7208 - MNHN - UPMC - UCBN - IRD 207, Laboratoire d'excellence CORAIL, DYNECAR, Université des Antilles, Campus de Fouillole, 91157, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- UMR BOREA, CNRS 7208 - MNHN - UPMC - UCBN - IRD 207, Laboratoire d'excellence CORAIL, DYNECAR, Université des Antilles, Campus de Fouillole, 91157, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- UMR BOREA, CNRS 7208 - MNHN - UPMC - UCBN - IRD 207, Laboratoire d'excellence CORAIL, DYNECAR, Université des Antilles, Campus de Fouillole, 91157, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- UMR BOREA, CNRS 7208 - MNHN - UPMC - UCBN - IRD 207, Laboratoire d'excellence CORAIL, DYNECAR, Université des Antilles, Campus de Fouillole, 91157, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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Deloumeaux J, Samut G, Rochemont D, Merault H, Dufresne R, Galantine V, Tirolien Y, Léonardi C, Adenis A, Peruvien J, Nacher M, Gabriel JM. [Initiation of first dialysis and three months quality of life of patients with end stage renal disease in the French territories of Guadeloupe and Guyane]. Nephrol Ther 2018; 14:467-473. [PMID: 29477278 DOI: 10.1016/j.nephro.2017.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Revised: 12/10/2017] [Accepted: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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End stage renal disease is a major public health problem in the French Departments of Guadeloupe and Guiana because of the high prevalence of both type 2 diabetes and hypertension. We investigated factors associated with an emergency start of dialysis, 3 months' quality of life for patients starting a first replacement therapy in Guadeloupe and French Guiana using the data of the Réseau épidémiologie et information en néphrologie network, completed with data from the quality of life questionnaires SF-36 and KDQoL. A total of 242 patients (184 in Guadeloupe and 58 in Guiana) were included. An emergency start was found for 112 (46.5%) patients (Guiana: 74.1%; Guadeloupe: 37.7%). In the multivariate model, an emergency start was associated with the number of nephrology consultations in the year before dialysis and the creation of an arteriovenous fistula prior to the first dialysis. The quality of life scores did not differ between the groups emergency start or not but were higher than those measured in mainland French studies on dialyzed population. Lack of nephrology consultations and dialysis preparation are the main factors associated with an emergency start of the first dialysis, highlighting the need to adapt the provision of care for chronic kidney disease in these departments.
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- Jacqueline Deloumeaux
- Registre REIN, centre hospitalier universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre, route de Chauvel, BP 465, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, Guadeloupe.
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- Registre REIN, centre hospitalier universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre, route de Chauvel, BP 465, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, Guadeloupe
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- Registre REIN, centre hospitalier de Cayenne, avenue des Flamboyants, BP 6006, 97306 Cayenne cedex, Guyane française
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- Service de néphrologie, centre hospitalier universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre, route de Chauvel, BP 465, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, Guadeloupe; Centre de dialyse Audra, centre hospitalier universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre, route de Chauvel, BP 465, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, Guadeloupe
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- Service de néphrologie, centre hospitalier universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre, route de Chauvel, BP 465, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, Guadeloupe
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- Service de néphrologie, centre hospitalier universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre, route de Chauvel, BP 465, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, Guadeloupe; Centre de dialyse Dialybt, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
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- Service de néphrologie, centre hospitalier universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre, route de Chauvel, BP 465, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, Guadeloupe
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- Registre REIN, centre hospitalier de Cayenne, avenue des Flamboyants, BP 6006, 97306 Cayenne cedex, Guyane française; Inserm CIC 1424, centre hospitalier de Cayenne, avenue des Flamboyants, BP 6006, 97306 Cayenne cedex, Guyane française
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- Registre REIN, centre hospitalier universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre, route de Chauvel, BP 465, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, Guadeloupe
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- Registre REIN, centre hospitalier de Cayenne, avenue des Flamboyants, BP 6006, 97306 Cayenne cedex, Guyane française; Inserm CIC 1424, centre hospitalier de Cayenne, avenue des Flamboyants, BP 6006, 97306 Cayenne cedex, Guyane française
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Geoffroy A, Sanguin H, Galiana A, Bâ A. Molecular Characterization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in an Agroforestry System Reveals the Predominance of Funneliformis spp. Associated with Colocasia esculenta and Pterocarpus officinalis Adult Trees and Seedlings. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1426. [PMID: 28804479 PMCID: PMC5532380 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pterocarpus officinalis (Jacq.) is a leguminous forestry tree species endemic to Caribbean swamp forests. In Guadeloupe, smallholder farmers traditionally cultivate flooded taro (Colocasia esculenta) cultures under the canopy of P. officinalis stands. The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in the sustainability of this traditional agroforestry system has been suggested but the composition and distribution of AM fungi colonizing the leguminous tree and/or taro are poorly characterized. An in-depth characterization of root-associated AM fungal communities from P. officinalis adult trees and seedlings and taro cultures, sampled in two localities of Guadeloupe, was performed by pyrosequencing (GS FLX+) of partial 18S rRNA gene. The AM fungal community was composed of 215 operational taxonomic units (OTUs), belonging to eight fungal families dominated by Glomeraceae, Acaulosporaceae, and Gigasporaceae. Results revealed a low AM fungal community membership between P. officinalis and C. esculenta. However, certain AM fungal community taxa (10% of total community) overlapped between P. officinalis and C. esculenta, notably predominant Funneliformis OTUs. These findings provide new perspectives in deciphering the significance of Funneliformis in nutrient exchange between P. officinalis and C. esculenta by forming a potential mycorrhizal network.
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- Alexandre Geoffroy
- Laboratoire de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales, L’Unité de Formation des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Unité Mixte de Recherche LSTM, Université des AntillesPointe-à-Pitre, France
- Unité Mixte de Recherche LTSM, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le DéveloppementMontpellier, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche LTSM, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le DéveloppementMontpellier, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche LTSM, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le DéveloppementMontpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales, L’Unité de Formation des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Unité Mixte de Recherche LSTM, Université des AntillesPointe-à-Pitre, France
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Brughmans T, de Waal MS, Hofman CL, Brandes U. Exploring Transformations in Caribbean Indigenous Social Networks through Visibility Studies: the Case of Late Pre-Colonial Landscapes in East- Guadeloupe (French West Indies). J Archaeol Method Theory 2017; 25:475-519. [PMID: 29782585 PMCID: PMC5953974 DOI: 10.1007/s10816-017-9344-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This paper presents a study of the visual properties of natural and Amerindian cultural landscapes in late pre-colonial East-Guadeloupe and of how these visual properties affected social interactions. Through a review of descriptive and formal visibility studies in Caribbean archaeology, it reveals that the ability of visual properties to affect past human behaviour is frequently evoked but the more complex of these hypotheses are rarely studied formally. To explore such complex hypotheses, the current study applies a range of techniques: total viewsheds, cumulative viewsheds, visual neighbourhood configurations and visibility networks. Experiments were performed to explore the control of seascapes, the functioning of hypothetical smoke signalling networks, the correlation of these visual properties with stylistic similarities of material culture found at sites and the change of visual properties over time. The results of these experiments suggest that only few sites in Eastern Guadeloupe are located in areas that are particularly suitable to visually control possible sea routes for short- and long-distance exchange; that visual control over sea areas was not a factor of importance for the existence of micro-style areas; that during the early phase of the Late Ceramic Age networks per landmass are connected and dense and that they incorporate all sites, a structure that would allow hypothetical smoke signalling networks; and that the visual properties of locations of the late sites Morne Souffleur and Morne Cybèle-1 were not ideal for defensive purposes. These results led us to propose a multi-scalar hypothesis for how lines of sight between settlements in the Lesser Antilles could have structured past human behaviour: short-distance visibility networks represent the structuring of navigation and communication within landmasses, whereas the landmasses themselves served as focal points for regional navigation and interaction. We conclude by emphasising that since our archaeological theories about visual properties usually take a multi-scalar landscape perspective, there is a need for this perspective to be reflected in our formal visibility methods as is made possible by the methods used in this paper.
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- Tom Brughmans
- Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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Boyer Chammard T, Schepers K, Breurec S, Messiaen T, Destrem AL, Mahevas M, Soulillou A, Janaud L, Curlier E, Herrmann-Storck C, Hoen B. Severe Thrombocytopenia after Zika Virus Infection, Guadeloupe, 2016. Emerg Infect Dis 2017; 23:696-698. [PMID: 27997330 PMCID: PMC5367410 DOI: 10.3201/eid2304.161967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Severe thrombocytopenia during or after the course of Zika virus infection has been rarely reported. We report 7 cases of severe thrombocytopenia and hemorrhagic signs and symptoms in Guadeloupe after infection with this virus. Clinical course and laboratory findings strongly suggest a causal link between Zika virus infection and immune-mediated thrombocytopenia.
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Daudens-Vaysse E, Ledrans M, Gay N, Ardillon V, Cassadou S, Najioullah F, Leparc-Goffart I, Rousset D, Herrmann C, Cesaire R, Maquart M, Flusin O, Matheus S, Huc-Anaïs P, Jaubert J, Criquet-Hayot A, Hoen B, Djossou F, Locatelli-Jouans C, Blateau A, McKenzie AM, Melin M, Saint-Martin P, Dorléans F, Suivant C, Carvalho L, Petit-Sinturel M, Andrieu A, Noël H, Septfons A, Gallay A, Paty MC, Filleul L, Cabié A. Zika emergence in the French Territories of America and description of first confirmed cases of Zika virus infection on Martinique, November 2015 to February 2016. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 21:30285. [PMID: 27447300 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2016.21.28.30285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Following of the emergence of Zika virus in Brazil in 2015, an epidemiological surveillance system was quickly implemented in the French overseas Territories of America (FTA) according to previous experience with dengue and chikungunya and has detected first cases of Zika. General practitioners and medical microbiologists were invited to report all clinically suspected cases of Zika, laboratory investigations were systematically conducted (RT-PCR). On 18 December, the first autochthonous case of Zika virus infection was confirmed by RT-PCR on French Guiana and Martinique, indicating introduction of Zika virus in FTA. The viral circulation of Zika virus was then also confirmed on Guadeloupe and Saint-Martin. We report here early findings on 203 confirmed cases of Zika virus infection identified by RT-PCR or seroneutralisation on Martinique Island between 24 November 2015 and 20 January 2016. All cases were investigated. Common clinical signs were observed (maculopapular rash, arthralgia, fever, myalgia and conjunctival hyperaemia) among these patients, but the rash, the foundation of our case definition, may be absent in a significant proportion of patients (16%). These results are important for the implementation of a suspected case definition, the main tool for epidemiological surveillance, in territories that may be affected by ZIKV emergence, including Europe.
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- Elise Daudens-Vaysse
- Santé publique France, French national public health agency, Regional unit (Cire) Antilles Guyane, Saint-Maurice, France
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Goindin D, Delannay C, Gelasse A, Ramdini C, Gaude T, Faucon F, David JP, Gustave J, Vega-Rua A, Fouque F. Levels of insecticide resistance to deltamethrin, malathion, and temephos, and associated mechanisms in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes from the Guadeloupe and Saint Martin islands (French West Indies). Infect Dis Poverty 2017; 6:38. [PMID: 28187780 DOI: 10.1186/s40249-017-0254-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background In the Guadeloupe and Saint Martin islands, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the only recognized vectors of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses. For around 40 years, malathion was used as a mosquito adulticide and temephos as a larvicide. Since the European Union banned the use of these two insecticide molecules in the first decade of the 21st century, deltamethrin and Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis are the remaining adulticide and larvicide, respectively, used in Guadeloupe. In order to improve the management of vector control activities in Guadeloupe and Saint Martin, we investigated Ae. aegypti resistance to and mechanisms associated with deltamethrin, malathion, and temephos. Methods Ae. aegypti mosquitoes were collected from six different localities of Guadeloupe and Saint Martin. Larvae were used for malathion and temephos bioassays, and adult mosquitoes for deltamethrin bioassays, following World Health Organization recommendations. Knockdown resistance (Kdr) genotyping for V1016I and F1534C mutations, and expression levels of eight enzymes involved in detoxification mechanisms were examined in comparison with the susceptible reference Bora Bora strain. Results Resistance ratios (RR50) calculated for Ae. aegypti larvae showed high resistance levels to temephos (from 8.9 to 33.1-fold) and low resistance levels to malathion (from 1.7 to 4.4-fold). Adult females displayed moderate resistance levels to deltamethrin regarding the time necessary to affect 50% of individuals, varying from 8.0 to 28.1-fold. Molecular investigations on adult mosquitoes showed high resistant allele frequencies for V1016I and F1534C (from 85 to 96% and from 90 to 98%, respectively), as well as an overexpression of the glutathione S-transferase gene, GSTe2, the carboxylesterase CCEae3a, and the cytochrome genes 014614, CYP6BB2, CYP6M11, and CYP9J23. Conclusions Ae. aegypti populations from Guadeloupe and Saint Martin exhibit multiple resistance to organophosphates (temephos and malathion), and pyrethroids (deltamethrin). The mechanisms associated with these resistance patterns show strong frequencies of F1534C and V1016I Kdr mutations, and an over-expression of CCEae3a, GSTe2, and four cytochrome P450 genes (014614, CYP9J23, CYP6M11, CYP6BB2). These results will form the baseline for a deeper understanding of the insecticide resistance levels and associated mechanisms of Ae. aegypti populations and will be used to improve vector control strategies in Guadeloupe and Saint Martin. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40249-017-0254-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Deloumeaux J, Gaumond S, Bhakkan B, Manip M'Ebobisse N, Lafrance W, Lancelot P, Vacque D, Negesse Y, Diedhiou A, Kadhel P. Incidence, mortality and receptor status of breast cancer in African Caribbean women: Data from the cancer registry of Guadeloupe. Cancer Epidemiol 2017; 47:42-7. [PMID: 28119121 DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2017.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Revised: 01/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Geographical disparities in breast cancer incidence and outcomes are reported worldwide. Women of African descent show lower incidence, higher mortality rates and earlier age of onset. We analyzed data from the cancer registry of Guadeloupe for the period 2008-2013. METHODS We describe breast cancer characteristics by molecular subtype, as well as estimated observed and net survival. We used Cox proportional hazard models to determine associations between cancer subtypes and death rate, adjusted for variables of interest. RESULTS Overall, 1275 cases were recorded with a mean age at diagnosis of 57(±14) years. World standardized incidence and mortality were respectively 71.9/100,000 and 14.1/100,000 person-years. Age-specific incidence rates were comparable to European and US populations below the age of 45, and higher in Guadeloupean women aged between 45 and 55 years. Overall, 65.1% of patients were hormone receptor (HR)+ and 20.1% were HR-. Triple negative breast cancers (TNBC) accounted for 14% of all cases, and were more frequent in patients under 40 (21.6% vs. 13.4%, p=0.02). Five-year net survival was 84.9% [81.4-88.6]. It was higher for HR+/Her2+ and HR+/Her2- subtypes, and lower for HR-/Her2+ and TNBC patients. CONCLUSION We found high age-specific incidence rates of breast cancer in women aged 45 to 55 years, which warrants further investigation in our population. However, this population of mainly African descent had good overall survival rates, and data according to subtypes are consistent with those reported internationally. These results may suggest that poorer survival in other African descent populations may not be an inherent feature of the disease but may be amenable to improvement.
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Rollé A, Schepers K, Cassadou S, Curlier E, Madeux B, Hermann-Storck C, Fabre I, Lamaury I, Tressières B, Thiery G, Hoen B. Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Associated with Chikungunya Virus Infection, Guadeloupe, 2014. Emerg Infect Dis 2016; 22:891-4. [PMID: 27088710 PMCID: PMC4861514 DOI: 10.3201/eid2205.151449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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During a 2014 outbreak, 450 patients with confirmed chikungunya virus infection were admitted to the University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Of these, 110 were nonpregnant adults; 42 had severe disease, and of those, 25 had severe sepsis or septic shock and 12 died. Severe sepsis may be a rare complication of chikungunya virus infection.
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Bélaye L, Lurel D, Ezelin F, Cassin F, Lutin J, Porcène JA, Helissey P, Blanchet-Deverly A. [Lower limb peripheral arterial disease in 268 patients in Guadeloupe]. J Mal Vasc 2016; 41:246-52. [PMID: 27289257 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmv.2016.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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UNLABELLED Peripheral arterial disease of the lower limbs is a serious condition because of its local and general prognosis. OBJECTIVES To identify the localization of peripheral arterial disease, associated risk factors, topography and features of the disease in Guadeloupe. PATIENTS AND METHODS A descriptive non-interventional study was performed in Guadeloupe located in French West Indies from March to June 2014. Data for all patients, who underwent Doppler ultrasound of the lower limb in a vascular outpatient clinic and in the University Hospital in Guadeloupe for known or suspected peripheral arterial disease were included. RESULTS The study included 268 patients. Localizations were: infrapopliteal (n=227 patients), popliteal (n=148), femoral (n=185) and aorto-iliac (n=115). Smoking was associated with aorto-iliac (16 patients; P<0.05) and femoral (27 patients; P<0.05) localizations. Diabetes was associated with infrapopliteal localizations (133 patients; P<0.05), and high blood pressure was associated with infrapopliteal, popliteal and femoral localizations. Mean age was 73.1±10.8 years; half of patients (51 %) were women. Peripheral arterial disease was known for 52 % of the population; 147 patients were asymptomatic. Associated factors were high blood pressure (88 %), diabetes (63 %), dyslipidemia (45 %), and smoking (7 %). Ischemic heart disease was found in 14 % of patients, cerebrovascular disease in 18 % and all three localizations in 4 %. A history of amputation, bypass or endovascular treatment was found in 11 %, 20 % and 32 % of patients respectively. CONCLUSION In our population, an infrapopliteal site was more often found than a proximal site. Distal localization was associated with diabetes, and proximal localization with smoking. Cardiovascular risk factors exhibited an atypical pattern with a large majority of patients (88 %) having high blood pressure, two-thirds diabetes, but with very few (7 %) smokers. Peripheral arterial disease was more often associated with a history of stroke than with ischemic heart disease.
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Dromard CR, Bodiguel X, Lemoine S, Bouchon-Navaro Y, Reynal L, Thouard E, Bouchon C. Assessment of the contamination of marine fauna by chlordecone in Guadeloupe and Martinique (Lesser Antilles). Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:73-80. [PMID: 25994274 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4732-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Chlordecone is an organochlorine pesticide, used in the Lesser Antilles from 1972 to 1993 to fight against a banana weevil. That molecule is very persistent in the natural environment and ends up in the sea with runoff waters. From 2003 to 2013, seven campaigns of samplings have been conducted to evaluate the level of contamination of fish, crustaceans, and mollusks. The present study is the first assessment and the first comparison of the concentrations of chlordecone between marine areas, taxonomic groups, and ecological factors like trophic groups or preferential habitat of fish species. The four most contaminated marine areas are located downstream the contaminated rivers and banana plantations. Crustaceans seemed to be more sensitive to the contamination than fish or mollusks. Finally, when comparing contamination of fish according to their ecology, we found that fish usually living at the border of mangrove and presenting detritivores-omnivores diets were the most contaminated by chlordecone. These results are particularly useful to protect the health of the local population by controlling the fishing and the commercialization of seafood products, potentially contaminated by chlordecone.
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- Charlotte R Dromard
- UMR BOREA CNRS-7208, IRD-207, MNHN, UPMC, UCBN, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, DYNECAR, Campus de Fouillole, BP 592, 97159, Pointe-à-Pitre, France.
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- IFREMER, Station du Robert, 79 Pointe Fort, 97231, Le Robert, France
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- UMR BOREA CNRS-7208, IRD-207, MNHN, UPMC, UCBN, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, DYNECAR, Campus de Fouillole, BP 592, 97159, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- UMR BOREA CNRS-7208, IRD-207, MNHN, UPMC, UCBN, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, DYNECAR, Campus de Fouillole, BP 592, 97159, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- IFREMER, Station du Robert, 79 Pointe Fort, 97231, Le Robert, France
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- IFREMER, Station du Robert, 79 Pointe Fort, 97231, Le Robert, France.
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- UMR BOREA CNRS-7208, IRD-207, MNHN, UPMC, UCBN, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, DYNECAR, Campus de Fouillole, BP 592, 97159, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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Hossen V, Soliño L, Leroy P, David E, Velge P, Dragacci S, Krys S, Flores Quintana H, Diogène J. Contribution to the risk characterization of ciguatoxins: LOAEL estimated from eight ciguatera fish poisoning events in Guadeloupe (French West Indies). Environ Res 2015; 143:100-108. [PMID: 26409497 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2015] [Revised: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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From 2010 to 2012, 35 ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) events involving 87 individuals who consumed locally-caught fish were reported in Guadeloupe (French West Indies). For 12 of these events, the presence of ciguatoxins (CTXs) was indicated in meal remnants and in uncooked fish by the mouse bioassay (MBA). Caribbean ciguatoxins (C-CTXs) were confirmed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis. Using a cell-based assay (CBA), and the only available standard Pacific ciguatoxin-1 (P-CTX-1), the lowest toxins level detected in fish samples causing CFP was 0.022 µg P-CTX-1 equivalent (eq.)·kg(-1) fish. Epidemiological and consumption data were compiled for most of the individuals afflicted, and complete data for establishing the lowest observable adverse effects level (LOAEL) were obtained from 8 CFP events involving 21 individuals. Based on toxin intakes, the LOAEL was estimated at 4.2 ng P-CTX-1 eq./individual corresponding to 48. 4 pg P-CTX-1 eq.kg(-1) body weight (bw). Although based on limited data, these results are consistent with the conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion which indicates that a level of 0.01 µg P-CTX-1 eq.kg(-1) fish, regardless of source, should not exert effects in sensitive individuals when consuming a single meal. The calculated LOAEL is also consistent with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidance levels for CTXs (0.1 µg C-CTX-1 eq.kg(-1) and 0.01 µg P-CTX-1 eq.kg(-1) fish).
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- Virginie Hossen
- Université Paris-Est, ANSES-Laboratory for Food Safety, National Reference Laboratory for the Control of Marine biotoxins, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 94701 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Ctra. Poble Nou km 5.5, Sant Carles de la Rapita, Spain
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- Université Paris-Est, ANSES-Laboratory for Food Safety, National Reference Laboratory for the Control of Marine biotoxins, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 94701 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Ministry of Agriculture, Direction de l'Alimentation de l'Agriculture et de la Forêt de Guadeloupe, Abymes, France
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- Ministry of Agriculture, General Directorate for Food, Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Est, ANSES-Laboratory for Food Safety, National Reference Laboratory for the Control of Marine biotoxins, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 94701 Maisons-Alfort, France.
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- Université Paris-Est, ANSES-Laboratory for Food Safety, National Reference Laboratory for the Control of Marine biotoxins, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 94701 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Division of Seafood Science and Technology, Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory, 1 Iberville Drive, Dauphin Island, AL 36528, USA
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- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Ctra. Poble Nou km 5.5, Sant Carles de la Rapita, Spain
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Bastian S, Nordmann P, Creton E, Malpote E, Thiery G, Martino F, Breurec S, Dortet L. First case of NDM-1 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Caribbean islands. Int J Infect Dis 2015; 34:53-4. [PMID: 25747780 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2014] [Revised: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 03/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Characterize a NDM-1 producing K. pneumoniae isolate recovered from a patient hospitalized in Guadeloupe, French West Indies, after its transfer from Cuba METHODS Antibiotic susceptibilities were determined by the disk diffusion method, and E-test. Carbapenemase production was assessed using the Carba NP test. Antibiotic resistance determinants and their surrounding structures were characterized by PCR mapping and DNA sequencing. Transfer of the β-lactam resistance marker was attempted by liquid mating-out assays RESULTS Here we reported the first NDM-1 producing enterobacterial isolate recovered from Caribbean islands. This K. pneumoniae isolate belongs to a new sequence type (ST1649). The blaNDM-1 gene together with the aacA4 gene were carried on a self conjugative IncR plasmid of c.a. 80kb. CONCLUSION This study describes the first identification of a NDM-1 producer in Caribbean islands. The uncommon incompatibility group of the blaNDM-1 carrying plasmid and the uncommon ST type of the K. pneumoniae strain suggest a possible local emergence of NDM producers.
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- Sylvaine Bastian
- University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France.
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- INSERM U914 « Emerging Resistance to Antibiotic », Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Associated National Reference Center to Antibiotic Resistance, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland; Hôpital Fribourgeois - Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- INSERM U914 « Emerging Resistance to Antibiotic », Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Associated National Reference Center to Antibiotic Resistance, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
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- University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France; University of Antilles, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
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- University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
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- University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France; University of Antilles, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
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- INSERM U914 « Emerging Resistance to Antibiotic », Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Associated National Reference Center to Antibiotic Resistance, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; South Paris University, Faculty of Medecine, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Bicêtre Hospital, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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Atallah A, Atallah V, Daigre JL, Boissin JL, Kangambega P, Larifla L, Inamo J. [High blood pressure and obesity: disparities among four French overseas territories]. Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris) 2014; 63:155-62. [PMID: 24958528 DOI: 10.1016/j.ancard.2014.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The epidemiological characteristics of hypertension and obesity in French overseas territories (FOTs) have never been compared. METHODS This cross-sectional survey included representative population-based samples of 602, 601, 620 and 605 men and women aged more than 15 years, respectively, from four FOTs of Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, and French Polynesia. Hypertension was defined as blood pressure (BP) at least 140/90mmHg or the current use of antihypertensive treatment. RESULTS The prevalence of hypertension was 29.2% in Guadeloupe, 17.9% in French Guiana, 27.6% in Martinique and 24.5% in French Polynesia. Considering the Guadeloupe population as the reference group, prevalence of hypertension was significantly lower in French Guiana (P<0.001), even after controlling for age and sex (PU0.006). Awareness and treatment of hypertension were similar in French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe (68.8-75.1% and 69.0-73.4%, respectively). Awareness was lower in French Polynesia (50.0%, adjusted P value U0.04), as was treatment of hypertension (32.4%, adjusted P value U0.001). Control of hypertension was also lower in French Polynesia (8.8%, adjusted P value U0.001) compared with the other territories (29.7-31.8%). French Polynesia had the highest prevalence of obesity (33.1%, adjusted P value<0.001) as compared with the other territories (17.9-22.8%). It had also the largest population attributable fraction of hypertension due to obesity (35.5%) compared with Guadeloupe (13.3%), Martinique (12.3%) and French Guiana (23.6%). CONCLUSION Wide variations were observed in the prevalence and the management of hypertension between these FOTs, and an especially challenging low control of hypertension was found in French Polynesia. Obesity appears a key target to prevent hypertension, particularly in French Polynesia.
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- Service de cardiologie, pôle vasculaire, centre hospitalier de la Basse-Terre, 97100 Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe.
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- Service de cardiologie, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Département de diabétologie, centre hospitalier de l'Ouest-Guyanais, 97320 Saint-Laurent du Maroni, Guyane française
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- Département de diabétologie, Papeete, Polynésie française
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- Unité du pied diabétique, pôle SSR, CHU Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Département de cardiologie, CHU de Pointe-à-Pitre, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Inserm U558, Iferiss, département de cardiologie, hôpital de Fort-de-France, Toulouse, France
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Elenga N, Georger-Sow MT, Messiaen T, Lamaury I, Favre I, Nacher M, Beaucaire G. Incidence and predictive factors of depression among patients with HIV infection in Guadeloupe: 1988-2009. Int J STD AIDS 2013; 25:559-63. [PMID: 24327724 DOI: 10.1177/0956462413514954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A retrospective cohort study was conducted to determine the incidence and the predictive factors of depression in a cohort of 2737 HIV/AIDS-infected patients in Guadeloupe followed for a total of 8402 patient-years. The incidence rate of first observed depression was 2.2 per 100 person-years (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.9-2.6). A single failure Cox proportional hazards model showed that the 1997-2000 inclusion period (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.60; 95% CI = 1.10-2.40;p = 0.01), the 2001-2009 inclusion period (HR = 1.50; 95% CI = 1.02-2.40;p = 0.04), the more advanced CDC stage (HR = 2.30; 95% CI = 1.30-3.10;p = 0.000) and the annual frequency of visits > 10 (HR = 2.30; 95% CI = 1.70-3.30;p = 0.000) were associated with an increased risk of depression. Incidence of depression in this HIV cohort was high and the hazard function showed three peaks of depression (2, 7 and 12 years). Physicians should be vigilant to psychological distress throughout life with HIV.
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- Narcisse Elenga
- Service de Pédiatrie, Centre hospitalier de Cayenne «Andrée Rosemon», Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Coordination Régionale VIH (COREVIH) Guadeloupe CHU de Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes Bâtiment B Ancien Hôpital Ricou 2ème étage, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Service des maladies infectieuses, Guadeloupe CHU de Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes Bâtiment B Ancien Hôpital Ricou 2ème étage, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Service des maladies infectieuses, Guadeloupe CHU de Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes Bâtiment B Ancien Hôpital Ricou 2ème étage, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Service des maladies infectieuses, Guadeloupe CHU de Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes Bâtiment B Ancien Hôpital Ricou 2ème étage, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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- Coordination Régionale VIH (COREVIH) Centre hospitalier de Cayenne «Andrée Rosemon», Cayenne, French Guiana Centre d'Investigation Clinique Epédémiologie Clinique CIC EC Antilles Guyane CIE 802, Centre hospitalier de Cayenne « Andrée Rosemon», Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana
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- Service des maladies infectieuses, Guadeloupe CHU de Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes Bâtiment B Ancien Hôpital Ricou 2ème étage, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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Flory F, Manouana M, Janky E, Kadhel P. [Sociodemographic and medical features of abortion among underage people in Guadeloupe (French West Indies)]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 42:240-5. [PMID: 24315128 DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2013.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In France, contraception is available for everybody; however, the number of abortion does not decrease, especially among young people. The aim of our study is to analyze, in the Guadeloupian context, the characteristics of underage people who ask for an abortion. METHODS This retrospective study, analyses sociodemographic and medical characteristics of 129 teenagers, who had an abortion in 2010 in our abortion center. For 67 of them results of interviews with the psychologist were also reported. RESULTS Preferentially from large single parent families, these underage people had a mean age of 15.9 years (± 1.12), 96.1% were born in France, 10.9% had had a previous pregnancy, 67.2% had an over 18 partner, 64.4% used contraception before the abortion. Main motivations for abortion were continuing studies and young age. Abortion occurs after 9 weeks of amenorrhea in 55.1% and 43.3% of underage people reported psychological problems linked to the abortion. CONCLUSION From this profile, our study suggests some reflection which could help the fight against unwanted pregnancies in this particular population of underage people.
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- Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, pôle parent-enfant, centre hospitalier universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes, BP 465, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, Guadeloupe
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- Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, pôle parent-enfant, centre hospitalier universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes, BP 465, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, Guadeloupe
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- Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, pôle parent-enfant, centre hospitalier universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes, BP 465, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, Guadeloupe
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- Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, pôle parent-enfant, centre hospitalier universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes, BP 465, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, Guadeloupe; Faculté de médecine, campus de Fouillole, institut national de la recherche médicale (Inserm) U1085 (IRSET), BP 145, 97154 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
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Elenga N, Georger-Sow MT, Messiaen T, Lamaury I, Favre I, Nacher M, Beaucaire G. What is AIDS in Guadeloupe? A descriptive and comparative study. Int J STD AIDS 2013; 25:261-6. [PMID: 24004535 DOI: 10.1177/0956462413501646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Since the pathogen ecology differs between Caribbean regions, specific differences in the most frequent clinical presentations of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) may be expected. We therefore conducted the present retrospective cohort study in order to describe the main AIDS-defining events in Guadeloupe and to compare them with those observed in Metropolitan France and in French Guiana. We discuss the local pathogen ecology, the diagnostic limitations of hospitals in overseas territories and the drivers of the epidemic.
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- Narcisse Elenga
- Service de Pédiatrie, Centre hospitalier de Cayenne « Andrée Rosemon », Rue des Flamboyants, French Guiana
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Cadelis G, Kaddah S, Bhakkan B, Quellery M, Deloumeaux J. [Epidemiology and incidence of primary lung cancer in a region with low tobacco consumption: Guadeloupe (French West Indies). Data from the cancer registry 2008-2009]. Rev Mal Respir 2013; 30:537-48. [PMID: 24034458 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2013.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/15/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Few data are available about primary lung cancer in the Caribbean. The purpose of this study was to provide, for the first time, the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of primary lung cancer in the archipelago of Guadeloupe (French West Indies). METHODS From the cancer registry, we identified in this retrospective study, all incident cases of primary lung cancer that had occurred between 1st January 2008 and 31st December 2009 in Guadeloupe. RESULTS Over the period from 2008 to 2009, 106 patients with primary lung cancer were identified. Males accounted for 72.6% and the women for 27.4%. Mean incidence rate over the 2 years was estimated at 13.4/100000 persons-years (95% CI: [6.0-20.8]) in men (world standardized) and 4.2/100000 persons-years (95% CI: [0.3-8.1]) in women. The median age at initial diagnosis was 65 years for men and 66 years for women. We noted a proportion of 61.3% of current smokers, 4.7% of passive smokers and 34% of non-smokers. The comorbidities were present in 41% of patients. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounted for 88.7% of lung cancers and small cell lung cancer for 7.5%. The most common histological type was adenocarcinoma (43%) followed by squamous cell (24%). Stage III and IV patients accounted for 64.1% of individuals with NSCLC. CONCLUSION The incidence of primary lung cancer in Guadeloupe is relatively low compared to metropolitan France. Guadeloupe is also a French department where the rate of tobacco consumption is one of the lowest.
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- Service de pneumologie, CHU de Pointe-à-Pitre, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre cedex, Guadeloupe.
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Bessy P, Riche C. [When people born in French overseas departments return home to retire. A survey of intentions]. Econ Stat 2002:51-61, 79, 81. [PMID: 12345707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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"Almost half of...over-45s born in French overseas departments and living in mainland France had plans to return overseas by the year 2000. The desire to return is more clear-cut among the 50 to 54 year olds. The younger people have yet to think seriously about retirement, whilst a number of the oldest individuals have already made definite plans." Data are from a survey carried out in 1992. (SUMMARY IN ENG AND GER AND SPA)
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Mayer FM, Lavoie Y, Letourneau E, Lavoie J. [A program of research on biocultural dynamics]. Cah Que Demogr 2002; 17:289-98. [PMID: 12342218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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"The objective of the research program presented in this note is to analyse the interrelations between biological and social factors in the process of demographic renewal. Population registers of various communities, among them those of Saint-Barthelemy (French Antilles) and Ile-aux-Coudres (Quebec), are used. The genealogies which were obtained from these registers contribute to the study of genetical epidemiology. The research program also includes the identification of social factors which may have contributed to the biological structure of the communities under study." (SUMMARY IN ENG AND SPA)
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Letourneau E, Mayer FM. [A model for analyzing ascending genealogies]. Cah Que Demogr 2002; 17:213-32. [PMID: 12342215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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"This paper presents a model of ascending genealogies, with the definition and investigation of the functions allowing for the study of these genealogies as well as with the main algorithms used in operationalizing the model on a micro-computer. Examples of the type of results one may obtain with this model are provided; they concern file outputs as well as the computation of consanguinity and completeness coefficients." The examples provided concern the island of Saint Barthelemy, Guadeloupe. (SUMMARY IN ENG AND SPA)
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Mifepristone-misoprostol medical abortion promises to revolutionize reproductive health-care. Several simplifications of the standard three clinic visit regimen may be possible, however. Particularly in developing countries, access to the method can be greatly increased by eliminating the longest clinic visit. Indeed, shortly after mifepristone's introduction in Guadeloupe, a semi-developed Caribbean territory administered by France, in 1991, two of the authors conducted a small prospective study of a one treatment-visit regimen. The study regimen was subsequently adopted as the standard of care for medical abortion on the island. Women (n = 92) with amenorrhea of < or = 49 days received 600 mg mifepristone under clinical supervision and were given 400 micrograms oral misoprostol for home administration 2 days later, returning 2 weeks later for follow-up. The success rate (95.4%) is comparable to rates found when both drugs are administered in the clinic and to rates from a similar study conducted recently in the United States. Adverse events were also comparable to protocols requiring in-clinic administration of misoprostol. Protocol adherence appeared to be excellent and loss to follow-up was rare. We suggest that home administration of misoprostol can be safe and effective in most nonindustrialized settings.
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- ORSTOM (Institut Français de Recherche pour la Développement en Coopération), Niamey, Niger
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"The last four decades have seen the establishment of close migratory links between the French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe and the metropole.... The present paper focuses on the...complex migratory links--including continuing emigration from the islands for work and education, return migration and circulation--which have come to characterise the 1980s.... The paper aims also to contribute to the broader conceptualisation of migration and mobility. The principal conclusions reveal that the more straightforward labour migration of the years from 1963 to 1981 has been replaced by some considerable return migration (amongst young adults particularly) and circulation.... The paper also demonstrates that the role of migration in reducing population growth and fertility in the islands has been much altered during the course of the 1980s."
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Robillard PY, De Caunes F, Alexander GR, Sergent MP. Validity of postnatal assessments of gestational age in low birthweight infants from a Caribbean community. J Perinatol 1992; 12:115-9. [PMID: 1522427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
The Dubowitz assessment of gestational maturity was compared with the best obstetric estimate of gestational age based on date of last menstrual period (LMP) or ultrasonography performed early in the pregnancy or both. This study involved 384 low birthweight infants admitted to the neonatal tertiary center in Guadeloupe, French West Indies, during the period 1986 through 1988. The Dubowitz assessment exceeded the best obstetric estimation by an average of nearly 5 days. This overestimation by the Dubowitz method was observed at every gestational age and was greatest at gestational ages of less than 35 weeks. The physical characteristics of the postnatal assessment were in closer agreement with the best obstetric estimate than the neurological characteristics. These findings concur with other investigations that indicate that the Dubowitz postnatal assessment of gestational age overestimates the gestational age interval from date of LMP in low birthweight and preterm infants.
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Affiliation(s)
- P Y Robillard
- Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Pointe-à-Pitre Regional Hospital, Guadeloupe, French West Indies
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